.ENABLE enables the specified assembly function. .ENABLE and its negative form, .DISABLE, control the following assembler functions: o Creating local label blocks o Specifying that undefined symbol references are external references o Enabling or disabling specific optimizations for the assembly unit You can enable one or more specific optimization options with either the .ENABLE directive or the /OPTIMIZE command-line qualifier, or both. If you explicitly disable one or more specific optimization options with the .DISABLE directive, those optimization options are disabled regardless of the command-line options you specify.